Yahoo Newspaper Alliance Shaky?
As fresh members signed on, the Yahoo Newspaper Consortium helped a lot of companies achieve some impressive gains. Yet there’s now a concern that nothing else will happen.
Facebook Bubble Cult Pushes Value To $100 Billion
Put your coffee down, you’ll spit it. Facebook cheerleaders, from within what must be a social networking tunnel (or cave?), have transformed themselves into prostrate worshipers, transubstantiating reason to whatever the digital equivalent is of 72 virgins.
New Class Action iPhone Lawsuit
Apple and AT&T were named in a class-action lawsuit last week filed in federal court that alleges that the companies illegally conspired to keep customers in AT&T’s wireless network.
Wikipedia Activity Declining
With over two million articles to its name, the English-language edition of Wikipedia is far from dead. But new statistics indicate that it may be hurt, as participation has dropped in almost every way possible.
Gmail Storage Ticks Upward, Lags Yahoo, AOL
Google has given the storage counter for Gmail a little boost to its spin, but believe it or not they could be doing more.
Napster Founder’s Snocap Melts
Shawn Fanning’s post-Napster endeavor has fared poorly, with layoffs and "For Sale" signs the order of the day.
PlaceShout: Like Twitter, But Useful
Before you start hating, I like Twitter. I think it’s a very interesting as a social experiment and I follow its development — even if I refuse to use it. When somebody lets me know why I should, I might. Until then we talk about PlaceShout, where economy of words contributes to the economy of local businesses.
Google Guys Get Another Jet
There’s probably no truth to the following theories: Google’s starting its own airline; Google has a clandestine arrangement with NASA to set up data centers on the moon; the founders plan to hire their own Tattoo to shout "The plane! The plane!" for their own bored billionaire amusement.
Yahoo Plays Footsie With Facebook Again
Yahoo is considering an investment in social networking darling Facebook, a move that will either validate Facebook CEO Zuckerberg’s valuation strut, or well, won’t.
Google Wants To Accelerate Brands
Even though Google doesn’t want to be an advertising agency, the goals they have for their clients mimic what Madison Avenue tries to accomplish each day.